A growing community is customizing L.L.Bean's prep staple with everything but monograms.
The Ironic Boat and Totes Wiener posts can veer in all sorts of directions, but a few threads stand out. There's the self-aware, slightly unsettling adjective , the probably litigious, definitely unlicensed high fashion reference or the pop culture nod . One recent post showcases bags embroidered with commercial catchphrases and menu items from Taco Bell; Wiener tells me she has several as-yet-unshared photos embroidered withreferences.
Tracking ironic totes is a passion project and second job for Wiener. Her collection began with a"psycho" tote for herself and a friend, and has expanded to include a"fake heiress" tote, a nod to Anna Delvey. She started the Instagram account last February as something of an inside joke, but after word-of-mouth discovery, thousands of followers are laughing along with her.
"It's so exciting for me because so many people are now discovering this timeless item," Wiener tells."I always think about my mom carrying one growing up. If you didn’t have one, you knew someone who had one or whose mom had one."Wiener and her followers aren't the first people to test the limits of L.L. Bean's customization tool—or circumvent it entirely. Her"psycho" tote was inspired by an anonymous woman's bag from 2021, capturedon Instagram.
The"Gucci" bag made its way to a store opening party in Soho, where Krentcil says it got compliments from ASAP Rocky and a thumbs-up from Alessandro Michele himself."I was thrilled. I was also, for better or worse, hooked," she tells us.
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